Monthly Survey of Food Services and Drinking Places (MSFSDP)

Receipts of food services and drinking of establishment, value

Receipts of food services and drinking refers to gross receipts from the sale of meals and lunches, alcoholic beverages, candy, souvenirs, fees for catering and bartending, etc. It includes rental revenue and commission revenue, lottery tickets, video gambling machines.

Establishment refers to the level in the statistical hierarchy below the company in the Business Register statistical hierarchy, and at which the accounting data required to measure production are available (principal inputs, revenues, salaries and wages). The establishment is defined as the most homogeneous unit of production for which the business maintains accounting records. From these records, it is possible to assemble all the data elements required to compile the gross value of production (total sales or shipments, and inventories), the cost of materials and services, and labour and capital used in production.